Lahnert: Thumbs up for Wednesday, June 18, 2014

■ 806 Sports: I’ve been invited to be on the popular local sports talk show this morning starting about 9:30 a.m. with DJ Ezell and Kenny Nagunst. Tune in to 1440-AM and call in at 806-320-1440. I’m talking about AGN TV and would love to chat sports in general with you.

■ Victor Black: The former Amarillo High star may have struggled for the Mets during spring training, but since his call-up to the big leagues a month ago he has been lights out. The Mets reliever has appeared in 11 games and is 1-1 with an 0.73 earned run average.

■ San Antonio Spurs: So I’m thinking the way the Spurs played unselfish, team basketball during the NBA finals may inspire a lot more of that style in the college and high school ranks next year.

■ Chelsea Burney: The Randall High graduate and Rogers State University junior showed plenty of skill in winning the 2014 Women’s West Texas Golf Association Championship at Amarillo Country Club last week. But what impressed me more was the display of class and respect for opponents and the game of golf from such a young person.

■ Dell Wood: The ACC golf pro and his staff deserve a tip of the cap for the excellent shape of the course and putting on quite a first-class show for the 2014 Women’s West Texas Golf Association championship. Amarillo should be proud of this effort.

■ Moving the state basketball tourney: I applaud the University Interscholastic League for looking seriously at moving the state boys basketball tourney from Austin to San Antonio beginning next year. I love the tradition of playing at The Drum in Austin. But the circumstances surrounding the boys tourney has become a nightmare, ruining the experience because of the massive crowds drawn by South By Southwest.